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Jamie Raskin: “This is precisely why we need to give the government and Medicare the power to negotiate for lower drug prices because…”

On the recordSeptember 29, 2020
This is precisely why we need to give the government and Medicare the power to negotiate for lower drug prices because our patients and our taxpayers are getting ripped off by big pharma.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin advocates for government negotiation on drug prices to protect patients and taxpayers.

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